A Batter to Die for: A Standalone Culinary Cozy Mystery

By Clara B. Miller

A killer's on the guest list. And Penny's cake is the prime suspect.

Penny Orchard has spent six years rebuilding The Daily Glaze Bakery from the wreckage of one brutal review. Now, with the town's Autumn Bake-Off just days away and a $5,000 prize on the line, she finally has a shot at the reputation and the new oven she's worked for.

Then the guest judge turns out to be the very critic who nearly ruined her.

When Victor Vance collapses mid-bite at the judging table, poisoned in front of the whole town, all evidence points straight at Penny's kitchen. Her business is sealed shut. Her name is dragged through every headline. And the local detective isn't looking for anyone else.

With her bakery and her freedom on the line, Penny teams up with her sharp-tongued best friend and an unusually opinionated ginger tabby cat to find out who really turned her signature fudge cake into a murder weapon.

Blackmail. Stolen recipes. A rival with a secret debt. Everyone in Willowbrook Harbor had a reason to want Victor Vance gone, and only one of them is willing to kill to keep it quiet.

A Batter to Die For is a clean, cozy culinary mystery with warm small-town charm, a fair-play puzzle you can solve alongside the sleuth, and zero graphic violence, profanity, or romance on the page, perfect for fans of small-town amateur sleuths, quirky cats, and a satisfying whodunit you won't see coming.

Grab your copy today and find out who really has a bone to pick with the Bake-Off's guest judge.

A standalone mystery with no cliffhangers and a fully resolved ending.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0HCPKGQSL
• ISBN13: 9798190523942
• Release Date: August 2026
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 244 Pages
• Weight: 0.66 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"